NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 2x 240
  • Around 7% better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 2x 596.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.9x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 289 Watt
  • Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1792 MB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 999 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2554 vs 1206
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 256 vs 103
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3289 vs 3107
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 3107
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 8 January 2009
Pipelines 640 vs 2x 240
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops vs 2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 289 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1792 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2554 vs 1206
PassMark - G2D Mark 256 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3289 vs 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3289 vs 3107

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 914 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 39.72 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21048 vs 10230
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3443 vs 2188
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3443 vs 2188
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1242 MHz vs 914 MHz
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion / sec vs 39.72 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21048 vs 10230
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3443 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3443 vs 2188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2554
1206
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
256
103
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10230
21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3289
3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3289
3107
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
PassMark - G3D Mark 2554 1206
PassMark - G2D Mark 256 103
Geekbench - OpenCL 10230 21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2188 3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2188 3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3289 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3289 3107

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Tesla 2.0
Code name GM107 GT200B
Launch date 13 March 2015 8 January 2009
Place in performance rating 925 927
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $500
Price now $159.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.53

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz
Core clock speed 914 MHz 1242 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops 2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 640 2x 240
Texture fill rate 39.72 GTexel / s 92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 289 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 480
CUDA cores per GPU 240
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1792 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 896 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 999 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Memory interface width per GPU 448 Bit
Standard memory config per GPU 896 MB

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
SLI